All aboard! Are Britain's railways in need of high-speed relief?
Full Fact looks at the data behind the current push for a new high speed rail network, from commuter numbers to overcrowding. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
'Toddler tax': are parents £1,700 worse off?
Should parents expect to pay an extra £1,700 over the next two years as Labour's Stephen Twigg has claimed? Full Fact investigates. Read
Analysis
Economy, Business & Finance
You're fired! Has it been a record year for redundancies?
As the Government waits to see whether the UK will take a ride on the triple-dipper, several newspapers suggested that 2011-12 had been a record year for redundancies. What's the evidence? Read
Analysis
Education
Are non-academies failing to keep up?
The Department for Education's league tables show that academies are outstripping other schools in GCSE result improvement. Full Fact placed its magnifying glass over the performance data. Read
Analysis
Are the Coalition for Marriage using straight statistics?
As the Government publishes draft legislation to legalise same-sex marriage, campaigners opposed to the changes have been leafleting in their droves. But are their efforts based on sound evidence? Read
Analysis
Economy, Business & Finance
An aleing industry?
As the de-toxers count down the days until February and the re-toxers raise a glass to another month well-spent, the Sun reports that the drinking of beer - that most British of pastimes - is now increasingly rare. What's the evidence for this claim? Read
Analysis
Crime
Q&A: Can we still trust crime statistics?
Crime is falling. Probably. Yet, according to the BBC and others this morning, it might not be falling as fast as we might think. The BBC reported that trends of … Read
Analysis
Health
Is the Health Minister right about a link between deprivation and obesity?
Public Health Minister Anna Soubry caused a splash this week by apparently claiming, as The Times put it, that 'you can spot poor kids because they're fat'. Speaking to the … Read
Analysis
Factchecking David Cameron's speech on Europe, part II
Yesterday the Prime Minister delivered a much-anticipated speech outlining Britain's future within the European Union. Here's the second instalment of our analysis, in which we factcheck a few claims from his speech. Read
Analysis
Health
A "hidden tax" on the middle classes: who's paying for our social care system?
While the Labour party trials its plans for the reform of the UK's social care system, the Daily Mail recently reported that a record number of pensioners are paying their own care home fees. But who's responsible for the bill? Read
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